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2005-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Ahmadinejad Names Hard-Liners to Cabinet

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Posted by Fred 2005-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why does it say Ahmadinejad names cabinet, It is Khamenei who got him elected and calls all the shots. He has a hardline theocratic dictatorship, it is only natural he would have a hardline president and cabinet. And besides, what moderate reform did Khatami ever implement anyway?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-15 08:11|| 2005-08-15 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 all true, BJK

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-08-15 09:54|| 2005-08-15 09:54|| Front Page Top

#3 all true, BJK

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-08-15 09:54|| 2005-08-15 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Good point BK.

The importance of Khamenei concurring on the appointments is due to the fact that Ahmadinejad was elected on a platform that, in part, promised to eliminate financial corruption and it is known that most of the financial corruption is the result of the Khamenei minions getting their paws on the granting of licenses, distributorships, etc.

If these guys (and its all guys) don't get prosecuted, the anti corruption part of Ahmadinejab's platform is dead. This will tick off some of the naive slumdwellers who actually believed the rhetoric.

Posted by mhw 2005-08-15 13:57|| 2005-08-15 13:57|| Front Page Top

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